Microplastics in Our Food and Body: Cutting Boards, Microwaves, More
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2023
- Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explores the prevalence and implications of microplastics in our food and body. See all Dr. Seheult's videos at: www.medcram.com/
(This video was recorded on September 17th, 2023)
Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at www.medcram.com/
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
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Microwaving 'Safe' Plastics Can Release Billions of Particles, Scientists Warn (Science Alert) | www.sciencealert.com/microwav...
Assessing the Release of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Plastic Containers and Reusable Food Pouches: Implications for Human Health (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs....
Human Consumption of Microplastics (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021...
Cutting Boards: An Overlooked Source of Microplastics in Human Food? (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021...
Detection of Various Microplastics in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs....
BPA Free Plastic: Why It Does NOT Protect You | Harvard Professor Joseph Allen (MedCram) | • BPA Free Plastic: Why ...
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Here is a link to a study linking obesity to Microplastics:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/
Some have asked about N95 masks. Here’s a study showing a reduction in inhalation of Microplastics 25 fold when wearing the N95 mask versus not wearing one at all.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773316/
Silicone is better but not perfect:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37060672/
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Thanks Doc !
And team !
Ok so masks or no masks?
Endocrine disruptors upsetting our hormones, and microplastics affecting our llipid metabolism and causing obesity - I banned plastic containers and now use only glass containers; I've religiously moved anything to be microwaved into ceramics and glass.
But more than that, I've stopped blaming obesity and gender dysphoria on the persons affected. We just don't know how badly we've sabotaged our health.
American Chemistry Council is the problem
I’ve been in the analytical chemistry industry for most of my career, mostly using microscopy. If I use a microwave, I use a glass or ceramic container for heating. I also store food in glass containers.
I’ve told so many people about this and also that BPA-free is meaningless. Unfortunately I don’t have a platform to reach a lot of people outside my small sphere of influence. I am grateful for these MedCram reviews.
But the plastic will be in contact with your food and ingredients from the first point of creation. I would be interested in knowing the baseline level before I even touch it. I only use glass or stainless steel for food (sometimes plastic in the refrigerator) but you get the impression this is pretty futile.
Even if you have reached only a handful of people, it is a big step ❤
Yes me too. Unfortunately meats, dairy and veg come in plastic now so i take them home and remove them immediately, placing them into glass. I've switched brands on sauces, condiments etc buying only glass or cardboard packaging where I can.
Unfortunately, all that effort is unlikely to help you much. It's estimated that the average human takes in tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of micro and nano plastics per year through an infinite amount of sources, including through the air you breathe. You can solve one route, like your microwave or containers, but then there will be endless list of more routes to solve after that one. So, the next question is how can you avoid breathing in oxygen, since microplastics are everywhere in the air? Amazingly, humans are still living 75-100 years despite this.
I did not mention here that most micro and nano mastics come from the clothing you wear - unless you wear all natural fibers. Every time they go into the washer these get into the water. Every time they go through the drier they get into the air.
I remember milk came from our milk man in the suburbs. Circa 1956 in Fullerton, California in glass bottles. Later we started buying milk at the store in cardboard containers, then later plastic bottles. The glass was the best. 71 years old now and still missing the good old days of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Earthfare sells glass bottled milk from a company that will let you sell back their bottles. Granted the milk costs 2.5 times more before byback and this is not available to everyone. You can't blame manufactures to go to plastic. It is more available and cheaper
I love the music from the 50s-late 60s
Even in the 70s
Most of local dairies 🐄went out, in the 70s, sadly
In USSR, we had everything in glass up until early 90s.
We only buy Organic 1% milk in the Cardboard Cartons. Have been doing this for about 15 years. We try to stay away from Plastic containers as much as possible.
Love glass milk hard to find it was $5 for a half gallon last time I found it in 2021.
Very informative. This is how RUclips should be used: spreading authoritative, helpful, meaningful information to the public.
I love that MedCram not only teaches me basic science and medicine but you look at overall health. Thank you so much for all you do.
its a shame this channel failed so badly with the covid vaccines
just shows how easily manipulated highly educated people are with their desire to conform, and how science is really just a cult
interesting video though
Interesting. I think he was spot on with the vaccines. All about explaining the mechanism of action as well as risk benefit during each phase of Covid. Roger Scheult was my voice of reason with science to back him up from the beginning of Covid.@@paulbarclay4114
*WHAT??? So Alex Jones was right AGAIN! Hmm 🤔 is Dr. Seheult a conspiracy theorist?* 😮😂
So much conspiracy "theory" is being proven to be conspiracy fact. Sadly, even doctors and scientists that blow the whistle on these issues are being labelled conspiracy theorists. By the time so-called "reputable" experts and Legacy media makes it public a lot of damage is done. Dr. Seheult is awesome. Do the research, folks.
I stopped using teflon pans before I really started using them and would suggest all people start using carbon steel, stainless steel, cast iron, ceramic or glass instead.
Our complete life is endangered. Not only knowing this. Also air pollution, water pollution and food pollution.
I microwaved my food in plastic containers for many years and got kidney cancer and breast cancer. Now I no longer use plastic in the microwave.
Same here …
All glass( Pyrex )or ceramic
Matter of fact … I did away with using paper disposable coffee cups …..because that too is lined With polyethylene .. so if I buy coffee ☕️ I bring my ceramic cup wit lid
@@petrosortiz3828 Good decision 👍
Get rid of the micro wave. It literally zaps the nutrients out of your food.
Can’t help but think about that scene from the 1967 movie, “The Graduate.”
“I want to say one word to you - just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. There’s a great future in plastics…”
*WHAT??? So Alex Jones was right AGAIN! Hmm 🤔 is Dr. Seheult a conspiracy theorist?* 😮 No. 😂
So much conspiracy "theory" is being proven to be conspiracy fact. Sadly, even doctors and scientists that blow the whistle on these issues are being labelled conspiracy theorists. By the time so-called "reputable" experts and Legacy media makes it public a lot of disease and damage is done. Do the research, folks.
(PS. Dr. Seheult, you're awesome and my wife and I continue to learn so much from you and we believe you saved us through recent threats.)
My friend joked darkly, that in the end we all are going to be living LEGO figures.
We are becoming more like computers and they are becoming more human.
Yes , but it's a joke and well Lego figures are 100 percent plastic.
Perhaps, bit by bit . Through bioacumulation and ingestion of plastic .
Folks will become like plastic dolls !
Actually , this is a good mind set . I am Robert Farr BSc Hons, at your service People !
The good Dr. Mike Foster at Plymouth Nuffield Derriford Hospital suggested maybe, I can help out with some medical research.
My opinion on , the Obesity and plastics, well it's difficult to explain. I can't be bothered right now .
Let's see if anyone replies first ? 😁
Cool, I want to be a Lego superhero then
More likely dead lego figures.😢
@@DutchmanAmsterdam Why so sad ?
Yep just as I suspected. I haven't used plastic food storage containers in over 20 years and even before that NEVER microwaved them. Thank you for doing this work!
Same...this was common knowledge for over 20yrs...I dont understand why people are still doing this
Glass
Stainless steel
Wood
It is disturbing that there is plastic transfer to food even at room and refrigerator temperatures. What about freezer temperatures?
I am very much enjoying how rapidly this channel has become a source of unbiased, high quality, evidence-based medical and health information. Not a huge fan of language like "mind blowing" but the reporting here is overall very solid
hahah yes Dr Schmelt cites a lotta evidence, somehow he never asks the question who funds that so-called evidence, he's frontman for pharma industry and once in a while he does a video like this
@@adikosmoszula1416Simply wrong!!
@@adikosmoszula1416How do you know this, or are you just a troll? Where's your proof?!
Funding source is of secondary relevance to the quality of the study - if the methodology stands up and the study is taken as a single addition to a comprehensive existing body of studies then the funding source is irrelevant. Skepticism is a useful trait, but unfocused paranoia is a liable to lead to errors as naive gullibility. @@adikosmoszula1416
Great video! I'm also quite concerned about microplastics and leached endocrine disruptors. Trying to rid them from our kitchen - it's slow going, but getting there. Hard to grapple with the fact that convenience is possibly diametrically opposed to health. Please consider doing another video looking at studies on directly consuming microplastics, esp from ocean sources: seafood, sea salt, seaweed, etc.
"Give me convenience, or give me death!" - Dead Kennedys
Yes, please, from consuming those sea plants and seafood like FISHES! (How are we really doing, eating our Omega Three Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon? Weekly/twice weekly?). Especially now that Fukushima water is now flooding back into the Western Pacific and wandering its merry way around the globe . . . part of our ever more 'challenged' hydrologic cycle. Will be raining on your backyard garden anytime now . . . (oops, apologies for getting so dark)
@@eugeniebreida1583Fukushima water is totally safe. IAEA has approved its release. Stop falling for unverified claims
Great comment. Very well put.
There are many reasons I don't cook with microwave radiation (I´m an ex radar mechanic) and I always use wooden chopping boards because they are effectively anaerobic. I drink spring water from the town well, it is snowmelt which has filtered down from the high Spanish Sierra Nevada and contains no plastic. It also waters my fruit trees, orange, avocado feijoa etc, so they are free of plastic, as are the walnuts and chestnuts. I'm starting to fully appreciate how fortunate I am to live here.
Was there ever silver/gold mining, or other ore etc, in your region of Spain? (big fan of wooden cutting boards myself, and never owned a microwave/lived in a house with one in my 64 years... also never a television, life is good.)
@@eugeniebreida1583
The town next to mine is Órgiva, an old mining town, at its height in 1860. From my casa here above Lanjarón I look south to the Sierra Contraviesa and the Sierra Lujar, between me and the Mediterranean, and can see the spoil heaps from maybe 4,000 years of mining activity. The Greeks, Romans and later visitors found lead, copper (I think) and felspar. Mining continues to this day, and guided walks are sometimes advertised. I´d been here a few years before I recognised the spoil heaps, they blend nicely into the mountains. Try Google Earth maybe ?
I have five avocado trees absolutely dripping with fruit, but when I have avocados - everyone has avocados, and I can hardly give them away. Same with walnuts, oranges, nispera etc. If I could get them to Waitrose I'd be rich !
Saludos desde Lanjarón !
7:30 I think more microplastics from carrots because takes more force to cut them, so the knife whacks the cutting board harder... which results in more plastic particle chipped off the board. Same goes for any hard/firm vegetables but people often cut carrots in slices, so just more cutting involved.
Excellent point!
@@Medcram*WHAT??? So Alex Jones was right AGAIN! Hmm 🤔 is Dr. Seheult a conspiracy theorist?* 😮 No. 😂
So much conspiracy "theory" is being proven to be conspiracy fact. Sadly, even doctors and scientists that blow the whistle on these issues are being labelled conspiracy theorists. By the time so-called "reputable" experts and Legacy media makes it public a lot of disease and damage is done. Do the research, folks.
(PS. Dr. Seheult, you're awesome and my wife and I continue to learn so much from you and we believe you saved us through recent threats.)
Proper knife usage is slicing, not chopping. Axes are for chopping.
Anyone with any respect for their knives doesn't use plastic cutting boards.
If you have a sharp knife and cut them the right way it doesn't require that much force
Interesting topic.
A couple years back, I put some ketchup on a slide, smeared it like a nurse would do a blood sample to feather out that ketchup, a packet I got from McDonalds, sample and found a TON of cork screw looking things. Some looked like a tight spring others like a cork screw. After a lengthy inquiry I discovered they were plastic shavings. I didn’t calculate the size but it did not require oil on that setting. Just the best zoom I had on the microscope without oil. If memory serves, it was about the size of a red blood cell, not 100% sure on the size, but hey.
It was in fact plastic though. I may go back and check to see if I still have the original image I took.
😱 😱😱😱
fascinating and horrifying
I noticed one day that there were small, clear plastic shavings in my Philadelphia cream cheese. I thought it must have been accidental or a one time thing but after buying a new one I found the same thing in that one. This is disgusting!! Are we being poisoned intentionally? 😡
Can you look into the same issue but related to using the plastic “filters” like Pur? We run water through them to clean the water but is it also leaking plastics into the final filtered water? @Medcram
Excellent question
Water pipes are also plastic
@@Svitification i believe it goes by PVC pipe and seems ubiquitous in US. My city water ( rural southcoast OR) tastes to me of chlorine but by son, who worked at a PVC factory for a few years, says it's the plastic compounds leaching into the water coming into house! And the pipes have many years been changed from metal to PVC pipe, so I'm thinking that this chemical "phenomenon" may continue "forever"! I can't stand the taste of the PVC (our source of the city-treated water is a river) so I've been buying water at grocery .... but after this very informative presentation, I will have to find another solution. And I don't think a Berkey filtration and others like that can filter micro- nano- particles - anyone know?
@@l.antoinetteanderson3736 I'm a member of 'ConsumerLabs' which reviews supplements, foods, fish oils AND wter filters etc for toxins such as plastics. They have great updated comps on Britas and Pur and Berkey filtration systems. As I recall Berkey (which I have) did very well in the removal of PFAsPFOs, etc (plastics) but did less well than I'd assumed all these years with chlorine and some other elements. In fact, it seemed if I first used a pitcher system and then poured into Berkey, I'd be all set. (btw, pipes? I had my old pipes replaced with ALL COPPER in my little house. They gleam happily to me, where exposed in the basement. I feel very content drinking water through them. I just said 'NO' to PEX (pretty sure that's the spelling of the ubiquitous new plastic used for domestic water supply (The PVC pipes should ONLY be used for waster water.... don't drink from it)
@@l.antoinetteanderson3736 a reverse osmosis filter and a re-useable stainless steel water bottle is probably your best bet. Carbon filters (most sink filters) will get rid of the most of the microplastics, but will miss some of the smaller particles, but probably OK as a budget buy. One thing to note is that many filters will remove healthy minerals, so you may need to add them back in. Some water filters have some options for this. At this point I'm thinking the wisest thing for my family is to find ways to just reduce exposure as much as possible.
Microwave safe plastics were never used by me. It defied logic.
My coffee pot is all metal.
I switched my spices to all glass.
From days gone by I have a lot of dry goods stored in Tupperware 😏but have slowly changed to Mason Jars and glass containers.
I do cook my eggs in a non stick Scanpan 😢. It’s so easy.
Sea salt can include plastic pellets -- in 2018 I 'sifted' some out of a (spanish) supermarket
'own brand' bag...
many thanks for this survey report.
Non stick pans have come a long way these days. As long as you don't heat them to high.
@@Zeus-rq5wn
Yes. Lie to medium heat. 👍
Another eye opening & important video from MedCram! There are so many products made from plastics that it would be impossible to totally eliminate them from the consumer market. Hopefully, manufacturers can eliminate the majority of harmful chemicals from all plastic products going forward. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Doc! Another video that I must send out to friends & family!
Plastic itself is a toxic chemical. We need something other than plastic to replace it.
Can we make what we use plastics for out of hemp instead? Any arguments against that? Asking for the state of California which could use some good news...
If some manufacturers remove them, and others not, the ones who not will have less costs, thus have a competitive advantage and take the share of the others
Even vitamins are sold mostly in plastic jars. It's terrible!!
Manufactures aren't going to do it UNLESS THEY MAKE MORE MONEY .
Think about all the plastic clams that our fruit, vegetables, baked goods come in. It's insane.
My beloved rotisserie chicken
@@MichaelMerritt exactly. I love those rotisserie chickens at the grocery store but after I thought more about them being cooked in the plastic bags and in the heat table for hours in the plastic, staying hot in the plastic, it is probably more microplastics "chicken" not rotisserie chicken.
Thank you. I dislike plastic intensely. This is near and dear to my heart. Tossed my microwave a year ago and will never buy another one. I don't drink bottled water and quit tap water and hardly eat out. I have been drinking, brushing my teeth, rinsing my vegetables with Culligan RO water initially because we have Cryptosporidium in our raw water source and we (a podunk town in Kansas population 9,000) have a microfilter system (to get points to apply against any excesses in the EPA-required contaminants) and it failed several years back and they notified the city (and the hospital) on day 59 of what had to have been a 60-day period. The problem is, they've (Culligan) focused on BPA in containers and not the leeching of plastic containers. May consider switching to glass bottles like they used to be. You buy your own anyway.
I notice in so many of those corner 7/11 shops. They often have all their pop and water right in front of the windows where the sun shines through on those plastic bottles all day long. I can't imagine how many particles degrade into the bottle's liquid. So scary. I've complained to the stores for years but they do nothing about it.
My local supermarket just banned plastic bags but switched from foil lined paper bags to plastic for their hot roast chooks.
Me thinks they're taking the piss out of us. 😂
Exactly
Very interesting, thank you. It wasn't that long ago that we didn't use much plastics. And from what I recall seeing somewhere, human sperm count has dropped the more plastics we use as a society. We need to get back to using glass, ceramics, wood and metal for our food and drink, like we did 100 years ago.
It’s all on purpose - sugar, plastic, vaccines.
Exactly
I'm also wondering about the fibers we breathe in from the clothing we wear.
I started running HEPA filters in my house for this reason. The bedsheets, the carpet, the towels, the blankets... I have started to try buying only cotton and wool, but its too expensive for me to replace everything.
Don't wonder and don't worry. Wear face masks (that are, by the way, made of *MICROPLASTIC* ) which this "doc" right here have been recommending and promoting, and everything will be alright with you. 🐑 😉
I started buying organic cotton clothing just for this reason.
Cotton is biodegradable
As you stated breifly it has also been known, possibly since even earlier than 2015, that drinks will have plastic leaking into them unless the bottling product meets a certain quality standard (which most packaging products don't). This was from one of my professors when I was taking environmental health courses before finishing my degree. It was eye-opening. Sadly, micro and nano-plastics are in everything, given they sit in containers that don't meet health standards for a while before being sold. Our instructor also said they were not sure if this small level of plastic exposure over time could be a carcinogen to humans.
Thats why you use metal containers. The science of this stuff being vaguely bad and many of the specific ones being carcinogenic to one degree or anther is pretty clear nowadays.
Metal or safety glass. I'd rather drink out of something that could be used in a lab, its not like we have not figured out materials that are as inert as reasonably possible.
@@aenorist2431 yeah, even ceramic unless it’s treated with specific stuff has been found to leak into things. Glass and metal are better options… for various reasons
@@Atsumariinterested in the ceramic reference of "ceramics stuff" Leaking into things - being a potter myself. It is true if a glaze is not properly formulated then leaching of chemicals can occur but is avoidable with proper formulation and firing to full vitrification in a kiln - my work is fired above 2000 degrees F max 2372 degrees and glazed with food safe/functional glazes. Now if you're referring to the $$store and some foreign country's cheap manufactured mugs and such - I personally would store clear of that but that's my choice. Buyer be ware - check the made in -- and if possible source the manufacture.
@@Atsumari yeah a lot of the Glass Containers that are available to buy normally have a plastic top to them, but I suppose it's better than the entire thing being comprised of plastic.
Stop buying single use plastic. How do you think we survived before plastic water bottles?
We drank twice a day from the tap!
I bought new blender recently and at first I wanted an expensive Vitamix or Blendtec but changed my mind and went with an Oster that has a glass blending container because the other brands use plastic.
Good point
Vitamix has a metal container available
Everything old is new again. I'm still using a blender circa 1981. Glass container. 😂
@@kbaz6658our great grandparents knew best. Things really were better.
@@kbaz66581981? Hmm 🤔 well "planned obsolescence" really kicked in the early 90 so it's no wonder your blender motor even works or can be repaired to this day.
Have you done a video on soil toxicity? I am thinking of that incident about 5 years ago in Europe where eggs were contaminated by the termiticide Fibronil. I would advise anyone who is goin g to grow their own vegetable patch to check their soil toxicity and the previous re use. For instance if a house had been knocked then then the soil may have termiticides in it. In that case growing a vegie patch could be very harmful to your health.
For safety reasons why not buy organic soils, the question is is the organic soil really organic?
Excellent advice. Also important in regards to lead and other toxic metals. People oftentimes overlook that already our ancestors 3-10 generations before us, basically since the Industrial Revolution made use of lots of toxins.
I remember the case of a farmer in Switzerland who had a high mortality rate in his baby cows. Turned out about 150 years ago that idyllic meadow got heavily contaminated with lead.
Thank you for highlighting what is actually the greatest environmental danger this entire world faces.
You're onto the truth. The plastics industry (that is really one and same with fossil fuel industry) is killing us. The "standard of living" these things provide is temporary and it is disappearing as the true cost comes to be.
The "elephant in the room" is how many plastics are used in the medical industry. Intubation, hypodermic syringes, surgical masks, catheters, IV fluid containers, tubing,. For the sake of "being clean", plastics are used greatly in medicine. It's also an economic issue. Throw it away vs put it in an autoclave. Is there a similar risk in using plastics in medicine? Should we return to glass and metal equipment?
Good question
CPAP Tubing, Masks and Tanks as well?
It's going to be very difficult to get away from plastics in medical uses. Which is why it is very important to significantly reduce plastics everywhere else that can be reduced or eliminated.
Consumers have all the power. Don’t like products packaged in plastic, and don’t want to own the empty container after the product is used up? Don’t buy it in the first place. Want products packaged in glass, ceramic or stainless steel? Be prepared to foot the bill for shipping cost and the associated environmental damage. Our food costs are so heavily subsidized by convenience and marketing. Very few who respond to this information with anger, fear or anxiety are willing to make substantive changes in personal convenience or expense. If you buy it, you OWN it. No whining.
First step: education
Your video inspired me to donate my plastic cutting boards and buy ones made from organic bamboo. It's impossible to cut out all plastics from my life, but I can do little things here and there. Thank you!
Don’t donate those. Recycle them to never be used again.
Same. I'm going to stop using mine and recycle them. Every little bit helps. I think the plastic cutting boards also harbor bacteria. I'm going to use wood bamboo or glass for cutting from now on.
Prof. Allen from Harvard has many great insights and a excellent materials program underway-- needs to be adopted everywhere...asap. Great video.
This microwave water experiment should also have been tested with saline solution since most food has salt in it. Also DI water can dissolve ANYTHING unlike saline.
Hi Dr. Seheult. I have been following your MedCram videos for the last 4 years and you really put out amazing content. A good question to ask regarding the patient tissue samples in the ACS publication that discussed plastics in cardiac surgery is if any of those patients had undergone a total hip or total knee arthroplasty. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is a type of plastic that is used to secure metal prostheses to bone in total hip or total knee arthroplasty procedures since it has an approximate Young’s modulus close to that of bone, and it has been used in that capacity for over 30 years.
Yes, fabulous question. Please help us know the downside of our frequently replaced knees/hips etc. Thanks MedCram! : )
What about plastics heated in dishwasher? That water is splashed on all your other dishes.
Good point.
This is why you want your dishwasher interior to be stainless with the least amount of platic possible. Do NOT open until complely cooled down. I have never used a dishwasher (ok, once or twice - but never had an operanble one in my own home)
So frightening. Thanks for keeping us up to date on the studies being done.
I am afraid we are destroying the human species.
I never liked plastic chopping boards, or using metal cutlery in plastic containers..
Same. I also stopped using a microwave in the 80's.
wood cutting boards work so much better anyway.. they don't slide around on the counter like plastic ones
*WHAT??? So Alex Jones was right AGAIN! Hmm 🤔 is Dr. Seheult a conspiracy theorist?* 😮😂
So much conspiracy "theory" is being proven to be conspiracy fact. Sadly, even doctors and scientists that blow the whistle on these issues are being labelled conspiracy theorists. By the time so-called "reputable" experts and Legacy media makes it public a lot of damage is done. Dr. Seheult is awesome! Do the research, folks.
This is such excellent info! I've been using a glue-free bamboo cutting board for years. I cringe to think how much plastic I was chopping into my food before making the switch... 😩
Why bamboo. I’m fascinated
@@Medcram For 1 thing, it grows very fast and doesn't have time to accumulate heavy metals etc. like slow-growing trees. That may be offset by a polluted manufacturing environment in underdeveloped countries. I'll shut up now and let Albopepper give you the real reason.
I was thinking I need a glass cutting board. But I wonder if it would be coated with something toxic. ??
I once pulled away the rubber seal (the flappy bit that is) from the bamboo lid of a glass jar (that someone used to store coffee pads (talk about microplastics in those)) and noticed that all the bamboo pores hiding behind it were full with mold. 😁 Could have been bad washing and drying by the owner, but the discovery didn't help my natural scepticism towards bamboo-everything.
@@raptureready9983 My mother uses one (for stuff that you don't want seeping into your wooden board) and I'm certain that one is not coated, it's a very hygienic choice in my opinion if you don't mind sharpening your knives more often.
I'm glad the microplastics and plastic chemical leaching into our food and bodies is finally getting the attention we need. Have you seen the new research that has found microplastics in our arteries? Keep up the good work and continue reporting about this. Important!
So which one to choose? PFAS from contaminated tap water, or microplastics from bottled water?
Thank you for this! I keep telling people I know I can taste the plastic in plastic bottles .. nasty. I avoid them and plastic containers as much as possible. I love that more types of containers are being changed. Maybe more hemp plastics? I use earthbreeze laundry sheets - all paper packaging - and wool dryer balls, both work better and offer my skin no itching or irritation! Next step is shampoo and conditioner bars to kick the shampoo plastics too! I think this could be simplified messaging into advertising; "goal to reduce plastic manufacturing, period... for healthy bodies, healthy businesses, healthy planet." Also, I saw somewhere long ago that wood cutting boards have a natural anti-bacterial effect, haven't used a plastic cutting board for years, and the wood is better to maintain the knife edge as well.
So interesting and disturbing! I was just started on cpap, using a plastic mask connected to plastic tubing humidified with heated distilled water in a plastic container. The distilled water is packaged in plastic containers...are there any studies on microplastics in cpap equipment???
Great question. I think not.
GREAT video! thanks so much! I just shared this with my Parkinson community
Anyone remember the movie The Graduate? That famous line about how the future was in plastics. Scary and unfortunately true.
I'm thinking now about under-sink water filters. A lot of people use them to remove chlorine, particulates and organic contaminants from the water, and the filtered water certainly does taste better. But the filter fibers within them are very fine, and of course the housing is plastic too and is used for many years before replacement. Maybe these filters are producing nano-plastic soup instead of pure water.
Actually this was my first question that popped into mind when I saw the information.
There's also the pvc pipes in the houses too....
Plastic is unavoidable. It's also in the air we breathe. @@samlee7247
I think follow up study where they look at ingested amount vs excreted amount is really needed before alarming the public.
Thank you. I think more research should be done on long term affects, rather than alarmist headlines research. Plastics are in everything, even medical supplies! IV's, plasma, blood, syringes... it's all plastic!
I have emergency food and water. I have often wondered since I first heard about this 4 or 5 years ago how to store water? A metal bucket? Glass jars are extremely heavy and impractical, particularly if you have a situation where you need to exit quickly and throw water in a bag or box. So, I continue to just use plastic water bottles. We all are aware of that "old plastic water" taste or if its left in a car. Unfortunately, there are consequences to modern living. I think it's good to be informed, but ultimately I think this may be like "organic" vs conventional food. Not really a significant difference. Now particularly harmful substances should be excluded, but again what are the alternatives? Clay jars? Glass IV fluid bottles? Glass syringes? All glass bottles at the store. Can you imagine the carbon footprint of 100% glass being used to transport all liquids in a grocery store? It would add thousands of tons more weight to every delivery truck.
@@_m_K_.Excellent points have thought the same things, especially the carbon use weight issue. The plastics are used so much because it's cheaper to make and also to ship. But I think the amount of plastics in the biosphere at this point is definitely getting into our bodies and tissues. Yes we need more research but the research already out there finding microplastics even in Antarctica and in fish and animal tissues almost certainly means the microplastics are getting in our tissues as well. The more plastics being produced the more is going to wind up in human tissues.
Love love environmental safety. Hugely important. Keep up the good work 💪🌱🤓
Extremely important and useful info.
In the 1990's I stopped using plastic in the microwave when a breast cancer researcher gave a talk. She had noticed breast cancer cells became more active in heated plastic beakers.
She asked her colleagues if they shouldn't make this known. They replied with concern for what this news would do to the food packaging and container industry! This was in the 1990's.
Look at how much cancer rates have shot up. Are plastics and / or PFAS chemicals possibly related to increase in our children having more ADHD, more autism etc.?
Thank God I've never used a plastic cutting board.
This is so scary because for most people's lives this has not been on our radar.
And all the prepared food and delivery foods come in these plastic plates and bags.
Great presentation! Thanks! I perked up when I heard e-cigarettes mentioned. So many people think vaping and e-cigarettes are safer than smoking and neither is any good.
I wonder about PEX tubing used for household water lines these days. Plumbers love it because it's easy to run lines, compared with rigid copper pipes.
As each years passes from the initial investment, I am SO happy I laid down the bucks for my shiny copper water pipes. I had not faith in PEX. Ugh.
I wonder about that too. Why isn't the independent research about the plastics of plumbing widely available to the public? Does anyone know how much plastic the plastic pipes leach in all conditions? Maybe some research has been done. Maybe not. Either way, you never hear about it.
Many have plastic pipes for hot water so it almost certainly must be leaching microplastics or chemicals
Depending on the ph of the water, metal pipes can also leach metals into the water. I'm not saying that I prefer one over the other. It is quite frustrating to be honest. Would love to have found a truly clean solution. Speaking of toxins: Most water faucets contain brass on the inside which contains various amounts of lead. There was a study done in Germany on water faucets and lead. The results were white saddening. That's why, no matter what you do, let always the water run for a few seconds before you use it.
I'm from Germany and we have regions here where people ended up with kidney failure because the water was too acidic for the copper pipes. So things really depends on a lot of factors: the ph, the water filtration system, etc.
I always wonder about those rotisserie chickens that is in a hot plastic bag under heat lamps. Sometimes the plastic is actually a bit melted and warped. The chickens are so yummy but must be filled to the brim with micro plastics don’t you think?
Never eat anything that has melted plastic around it.
Try to eat organic chicken as I just learned that non organic has arsenic in it
The "rotisserie" "chicken" in the plastic bags hot for hours almost certainly has microplastics all over it. I used to like them but realized it can't be good due to the plastics/chemicals leaching into the "chicken." I would never cook anything in plastic so why would I buy something been sitting in hot plastic bag?
Great subject matter Medcram, thanks for the presentations. Plastic cutting boards should NEVER have been a 'thang' - Maple cutting boards have always been awesome, and almost any type of real wood (not bamboo, which is not from a tree) will be at least mildly antibacterial (how they keep bugs/fungi from eating them when they are alive), and perhaps even nutritious for your microbiome when eating in micro and nano portions off your cutting knife ; ).
I think we should pressure car companies to quickly have After Market HEPA filter add-ons to our cabin air filtration to filter: brake liner dust, tailpipe emissions, wildfire smoke and urban pollution AND all that plastic outgassing of interior materials and leather/naughahide finishes. TOXIC SOUP inside our cars. Some people spend considerable time on those highways . . . and cart their kids and grandmas through it too (very sensitive groups).
Cheers.
What is wrong with Bamboo?
@@1LaOriental Nothing at all wrong w/bamboo. I was reminding that trees (with antibacterial/anti-pest/anti-fungal etc sap and bark) of various types actually EAT the bacteria your food leaves behind on the cutting board. Plastic accelerates that bacterial growth. Bamboo, a reed w/out properties of tree wood, is neutral… will not disinfect bacteria while you’re watching RUclipss ; ).
Does this make better sense now?
I wish to ask about silicone teats for baby bottles? If a mother is breastfeeding and expresses milk for another family member to give to the baby, are the silicone teats ok? I think you can still buy glass bottles. This really is a nightmare. I’m grateful to the wonderful doctor for this alert, he really has the wholistic approach covered.
It is not just the plastics themselves. The polarity of the microplastics makes them magnets for non-polar environmental contaminants. So microplastics carry toxic chemicals and when we drink or eat microplastics, we are eating lots of problematic stuff.
What about all the plastics in CPAP, BIPAP machines and the plastic containers for distilled water that is used with the attached humidifier. Can it be as toxic to the lungs over time, 8 hrs/night 365 days/yr forced into body at high pressure? As bad as smoking/vaping? I'd be curious about microplastics in respiratory equipment long term.
Good questions
Very salient and sage questions these. I too would love to know.
Wow hadn't thought of that. Really all these plastics for all these things in the home have not been fully researched. The amount of plastics overall in the environment is so out of control now and now I hear we're even breathing plastics on top of eating a credit card a week of plastics.
For years, I use a Pyrex glass container and glass cover to heat up my food with a microwave. I totally avoid using any so-called microwave-safe plastics.
"Microwave-safe" for anything plastic ought to be outlawed as a marketing lie.
How does the medical industry make changes in regards to this information? IV’s, ports, catheters, stents, etc. can be administering micro-plastics directly into the bloodstream.
I never microwave anything in plastic and store leftovers in glass I will try to be more vigilant and switch to wood cutting boards
Thak you for sharing this video Dr. Seheult, this reminds meofavideoby aCanadian RUclipsr, posted years ago in around 2012-13, I wasshared his video by a virtual friend here on RUclips and he told us to do our own research but the info' he shared was priceless and to sum it up he said his research noted that the "safer" plastic that doesn't leach any harmful chemicals or microplastic particles is the plastic that is used as containers for paints, solvents, lubricants, and the plastic that is the most harmful, the one that is used to package our food, well, processed foods.🙄😖👍
Thank you for this!!!!
I need to share with my diabetes group. Lots of patients saying they are not losing weight and this might be why....
Would love for you, to look into the different water filter systems, available to end consumers. If there is any scientific data available. Most of the information out there is either from sellers or people sponsored by brands or dubious 'health' websites. I would love a clearer picture, about what they can and cannot do in regards to removing micro plastics and harmful chemicals from tabwater.
I've made an effort, to avoid plastic at least in my own kitchen for at least a decade, but this was a good reminder, how serious the situation is. What a mess we're leaving the next generations 😢
Thanks for the insightful video! Could I ask if there is data on foods (meats & vegetables) as as well as liquids (milk, soups etc) frozen in ‘freezer-safe’ bags?
Any freezer containers made from plastic...
So, will we continue to store whole blood, plasma, and saline in plastic bags and infuse them through plastic tubing? How about those plastic torture devices known as plastic safety needles used for IV infusion?
All good points.
Brilliant! I knew there was a good reason why I never used to microwave food in plastic containers/pouches. I no longer have a microwave. Bottles and boards were new to me. I wonder if this also affects oils in plastic bottles? Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
yes i watched this twice and was shocked about the plastic boards.
@@Medcram
Dear Professor Seheult,
Please excuse the off-topic question, but I would like to know your thoughts on the safety of a standard lung x-ray in people with existing mitochondrial damage. Would you expect further deterioration and/or additional adverse effects?
A typical google search, provided the following information:-
‘X-ray radiation at doses from 0.005 to 5.0 Gy leads to an increase in the mass of mitochondria by a factor of 1.5-3.8, which confirms the theory of an increase in mitochondrial fusion after irradiation [10,15].27 Dec 2021’ .
‘Ionizing radiation causes mitochondrial dysfunction by altering the activity of the electron transport chain complexes and ATP synthase, hence OXPHOS. Mitochondria seem to respond to such changes by increasing their DNA copy number’, (see section 2.3).
Thank you in advance.
( P.S. From the point of view of a chemist, who would want to use plastic chopping boards. )
Also, we absolutely love your RUclips videos. Thank you. 😊
I hope it's obvious that oils leach plastics more easily than water, but perhaps not as much as highly acidic liquids? (meanwhile, I buy my organic peanut butter and olive oil, etc, in glass JARS & bottles, which I reuse often, and eventually recycle.)
I wish I could beat the butcher, and purchase my meats prior to the cuts being wrapped in clear cling wrap, and sandwiched onto a plastic tray : (. Y I K E S.
Advocate for use of glass, stainless steel, and perhaps glazed ceramics. It also solves the plastic pollution problem. Also use cellulose materials including wood and hemp in furniture. Any increase in cost can be more than offset by marketing aimed at healthy diets and exercise. Fast food can be healthy food if the appropriate ingredients are used. There needs to be a shift from treating illness to preventing illness with the main focus being diet and exercise. You do great work.
Zero need for increased costs as many things can reduce weight by becoming concentrated (to save on shipping). Many natural materials would also use land better because we could switch to polycultures of biome-appropriate, alley-cropped trees, vines shrubs and perennials and avoid the need of most chemical inputs relied upon now. Use livestock to manage the weeds, culls, ceop residues, fertility, pests etc and we've added a lot more efficiency to food producing systems.
@@b_uppy given your reply would you consider a video explaining all those concepts, some of which I am unfamiliar with. Thank you.
@@mikegenco9646
Actually a great book written on that type of agriculture is called Restoration Agriculture, by Mark Shepard. It gets deeply into the subject. Mark's methodology is spreading and is gaining traction but could use more dissemination. It is brilliantly conceived. Look into videos on RUclips for proof of concept. If you want sufficient instruction the book is more in-depth.
(Restoration ag's a form of regenerative ag, but the former is better suited to more sites, as well as more efficient. It can even be used to rehabilitate poor, degraded land.
Copper pipes, etc.
Hmm 🤔 what ever should we do about IV lines?
@@Christian_Prepper
Take care of our health so we avoid that...
Thanks for this very helpful information! It is good to know that, while micro-plastic is already everywhere, the choices we make still make differences...
Thanks for educating us all on this subject, I'll spread the word!
Thanks medcram love your work and have for years. You always bring solid information thats useful to us all. Keep up the good work and dont change please.
I really like this channel.
It’s informative for sure and it’s obviously trying to help us feel better and be aware of our lives more closely.
We can control some stuff but not much.
But knowing the data is very helpful. And you doctor are really good at explaining!
I can tell you care. So thank you so much!
Why exactly can't the body get rid of the plastic by itself? Are they too small to be filterered out?
To some extent it can and it does. It does that by having a fever. High temperature of your body releases toxins through bodily fluids outside. Now ask yourself this question: "What do they teach you to do when you have a fever?" They tell you to do everything to stop your fever. Which is the exact opposite of the natural process. *Learn the trick and you'll know the game.* 🐑 😉
at this level we are getting into quantum mechanics, where the body is dealing with stuff like electron exchanges, bonding between different elements and compounds of those elements in order to create proteins, amino acids, stuff like that. So at this level, plastics are chains which may interfere with the body's processes and unintended carbons or hydrogens or whatever else may end up instead of what the body actually needed, which causes damage or chain reactions that eventually cause damage. So getting filtered out is one thing, before that we have to consider how micro- and nano-particles get embedded and trapped in the system. Plus, the body doesn't have much of a way to filter things out that haven't been 'recognised' over the billions of years of evolution. Think of it like musical chairs on a molecular or atomic level. It's hugely complicated so I hope what I wrote gave you some idea.
@@emar779 wow! thanks man, really appreciate it. I hope more studies will adress the issue, but it sounds like it's already too late. It's in everything, drinks, food and what not.
I wasn't sure if the plastic had any interference with the body, but you just clarified it does..
Quite a shock to read!
@@RootDen. Yeah I'm worried about things I bought that would minimise it but I'm afraid there is counter-evidence. For example, I bought a gallon jug to store water in the fridge, made of hard HDPE plastic that is usually used for storing water or chemicals because it wouldn't leach into the contents. And this temperature factor has made me consider if even boiling water in the electric kettle is safe or not, because even if the transparent part is glass, the rest of the body is plastic. And if it turns out the hard transparent part is not glass and is just plastic that is very similar in look and feel of glass ... gah!
@@emar779 so true! it's also quite an eye opener for me aswell. First thing when i get home is throwing out my plastic cutting board and get something made of wood instead.
All the stuff we thought was safe or at least OK to use, turns out to be extremely hazardous and dangerous for everything.. It's tough man
Sincere thanks. This is very useful ... I've wanted to research this for a while. Cheers
A very interesting video! Thank you so much for putting it out there... Yes I do recall this video long ago, I wonder how far this work has gotten. So often I hear a hopeful message like that and then it falls apart... I hope not in this case.
Thank you for looking out for us
The vegetables being cut on the board require greater forces to cut, especially carrots. It is this force that causes far more plastic to be sheared off by the knife, especially sharp knives. I have noticed my sharpest knives gave me this experience in the past, you can hear the blade bite in to the plastic and snap out of the cut
Agreed. I never use plastic.
Cabbage leaf for protection?
Time to toss our plastic chopping boards. Back to good ole wood.
Great video!
my mind was blown on the impact of phthalates I heard about last year, I can’t remember her name but Dr. was part of a long research study showing why testosterone levels were dropping generationally in young men because if pregnant women are exposed to phthalates it disrupts hormonal production in utero . and one of the physical red flags they were seeing on the mice was that the perineum/taint/gooch was actually shorter in distance from the anus to the genitals in mice with lower testosterone
Shawna Swan
Exactly. The general public doesn't hear enough about this, but should!
Thank You. Can you explain the cumulative effect of these microplastics, xenoestrogens, metals, prions, and Mycoplasma. If one is kind of bad but only in high concentration, how bad is it with the total avenues of Beasties in the body.
Thank you for bringing attention to this subject!
This is the best video u have produced so far, in that the topic is underrepresented! Great information! Thanks
30 years ago I majored in packaging science and learned about the FOOD DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT OF 1938 and GRAS(generally recognized as safe) materials and also about carcinogens which are not allowed in any detectable amount in food.
We learned GLASS and CERAMICS are inert, most IF NOT ALL other container materials will, over the course of time, leach substances into the foods., (platicizers alcohols etc)
SINCE that time I go out of my way to use glass and ceramic containers for reheating foods in the microwave.
Thank you so much for this important information!
Dude, this is the best video. Thank you so much!!!
Thak you for your amazing work. We are forever grateful.
I wouldn't be worried about microplastics in shampoos, but when it comes to food, it seems sensible to store them in metal containers, transfer food from a container into a ceramic dish plate when heating it up, using cutting boards made of wood, preferring tap water, and buying drinks bottled in metal cans or glass bottles instead of plastic bottles. But, above all, studies on the actual health effects of microplastics are urgently needed.
Well said
Your video is above my head bc i dont know the difference between plastics (all the poly's) but if im hearing it right: get rid of plastic, use glass and stainless!!
That’s basically it. Do the best that you can. Realize that you can’t completely escape it. But you can reduce it.
I noticed the guest took a drink form a glass glass instead of a plastic water bottle. Sounds like we all need to follow his example and cut out plastic completely,
So my biggest question is: how do we rid our bodies of these micro and nano plastics if they're in us? Fasting? Some protocol? How should we go about searching for this answer and testing it?
You can't remove the microplastics once they're embedded in your tissues. They're like asbestos
"I don't use shampoo, that's a bad example for me", okay that made me chuckle. Great podcast!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us !
I immediately shared it on my social media(s)
Thanks for sharing!!
As usual thanks for your informative videos. I have a medical background, but even if I didn't and couldn't understand as much because of the terms and science behind it, I'd be able to trust your views/conclusions.
Great piece thank you 💪🏽
Wow. Well, let’s hope these plastics aren’t TOO harmful as we encounter plastics everywhere, all our lives.
It will be difficult to find any studies that are neutral sources.
The problem with them is that they are hormonal disruptors. Think of male fish turning infertile because of the estrogen-mimicking properties and on top of that, they are a cause of chronic inflammation in the body.
This was very informative, thank you for this crucial vid.
Yea, none of us currently-alive humans is gonna be anywhere near plastics free.
I am still suiting my kitchen in ceramics, metals and wood and my clothes in natural fibres (as far as humanly possible, which is very hard).
But that is also a luxury I have because I am not poor, and am educated enough to realize unnecessary plastic (which is 99% of it) is a giant problem, one of the biggest we face as a species.
Yeah, I have been trying to do the same for decades, but not everything has other options, and some I don't want to be without (like a phone for instance).
@@sheryl3268 TOOTHBRUSH Bristles! and MouthGuards for sleeping/sports etc.
outstanding video. Thanks
I do not understand why the FDA mandates plastic cutting boards. The studies I have seen show that plastic cutting boards grow far more colony forming units than wood ones. I did my own experiment with a plastic and a wood cutting board from the same kitchen: the petri dish from the plastic board was covered in growth, the wood sample had half a dozen small spots grow out.
Interesting
Because FDA's real goal is to make you .... (Fill the blank space with the correct word). 😉
1993 University of Wisconsin Study: "Wood Cutting Boards Safer Than Plastic, Study Finds" Los Angeles Times
The whole idea of public health is that they proactively check for how different materials react when they are used in a microwave.
This study should have been made 30 years ago or maybe it was and the info suppressed just as it was with Big Tobacco and smoking..